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I keep seeing crews in my city topping trees and calling it pruning

It's not just ugly, it stresses the tree and invites disease. I saw a row of maples get butchered like that on Elm Street last month, and half have new fungus growth already. How do we get homeowners to understand the difference?

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nathan1001mo agoMost Upvoted

Is there even a city code that allows this kind of cutting?

murray.cora1mo ago

Read arborists say topping trees is basically murder for oaks.

kai_webb911mo ago

My buddy paid a crew to "prune" his big oak last fall... they basically gave it a flat top haircut. The thing looked sick all spring, and now there's a huge crack running down the main trunk. It's a total shame.